In his first kind-of major ruling in the preliminary hearing, Judge Bonaventure said he is "somewhat disturbed" about hearing that Cashmore appeared on national TV last night, but he has decided not to strike Cashmore's testimony. He gave a minor verbal wrist-slapping, reminded the court about his order not to talk about the case or watch coverage of it, and now we're moving on.

A little late drama in Friday's hearing. Attorneys for defendant Charles Ehrlich have asked Judge Joe Bonaventure to strike Charles Cashmore's testimony today -- all three-plus hours' worth. The issue: Cashmore went on Greta Van Susteren's show last night. Attorney John Moran Jr. is arguing that was in violation of the judge's rule that witnesses should not watch any coverage of the case or talk about their involvement with others. Moran and son John Moran III are tag-teaming the judge right now, both standing and arguing that Cashmore's testimoney be thrown out.

The looong cross-examination of Cashmore is continuing. OJ attorney Gabriel Grasso recently wrapped up his line of questioning -- details, details, details about when he met OJ, what he learned of the plan to go to the Palace Station, what happened in the hotel room. Now C.J. Stewart's attorney is interrogating Cashmore. So far, he's been a lucid and manageable witnesses. That's more than can be said about Tom Riccio, who gave a lot of casual, rambling answers, and Bruce Fromong, who had some contentious moments with defense counsel.

We're back from a lunch recess. The state has called its fourth witness: Charles Cashmore. He was one of the men who was at the Palace Station with OJ on Sept. 13. He was arrested and charged but then agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors. In exchange for reduced charges, Cashmore agreed to testify against OJ and the two co-defendants who have not taken plea deals. He is the first of the hotel-storming posse to testify in the preliminary hearing.

Hotel surveillance guy Morris is now narrating for the court the 30-minute montage of video clips from the night of Sept. 13. We're seeing OJ and his crew mosey into the hotel's entrance, walk through the lobby, then reappear a few minutes later carrying boxes out to the parking lot.

Testimony is resuming now with the third prosecution witness, Allan Morris, the surveillance supervisor at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino. He's talking about how the place has cameras everywhere to monitor what's going on at all times.

We're on a short break, and court marshals have blocked off the first-floor men's room so OJ and his attorneys can...attend to business. A few reporters lined up outside, waiting to use the facilities after the Juice cleared out.